September 2021 – Page 3

White hat hacker paid DeFi’s largest reported bounty fee

Cointelegraph spoke to the hacker for insights on the timeline of events, as well as the wider implications of bounty programs on DeFi’s security landscape.

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Terra to Apply Columbus 5 Mainnet Migration

Terra, a top 15-ranked cryptocurrency by market capitalization, is planning to apply the Columbus 5 upgrade to its mainnet today. If everything goes according to plan, this new update will bring improvements to allow the Terra network to keep expanding. Columbus 5 will change how the network mints UST (terrausd), the main stablecoin of the […]

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Compound supply bug mistakenly rewarded users with $70M in tokens

It is expected that the total figure of tokens could rise to north of $85 million.

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Visa working on blockchain interoperability hub for crypto payments

Visa’s new blockchain interoperability project is designed to serve as a “network of blockchain networks.”

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Switzerland national postal service to debut crypto stamp

The Swiss crypto stamp is a digital collectible linked to a traditional physical stamp issued by the Swiss Post.

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$1B science fund seeks blockchain projects to expand human lifespan

Longevity Science Foundation accepts crypto donations and aims to use technology to advance healthy human longevity.

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CoinEx crypto exchange to remove all mainland China users in October

CoinEx previously blocked access and terminated the registration of new users from mainland China in March 2019.

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Nigerian Lawmaker Proposes Closure of All Domiciliary Accounts in Order to Save Imperiled Naira

Nigerian lawmaker Ibrahim Obanikoro has called on Nigerian authorities to “close all domiciliary accounts for the next 12 months.” Such a move, he argues, will help to ease pressure on the naira, which has depreciated by more than 10% in the past two months. The Naira’s Continuing Depreciation The call by Obanikoro comes nearly two […]

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Germany’s 2021 election: What do parties think of crypto and blockchain?

Cointelegraph looked into the six major German political parties and found out what to expect from the new government in terms of its crypto regulation.

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Is $40K Bitcoin the new $10K? BTC holds $43K support as exchange Bitfinex halts trading

An unexpected problem causes Bitfinex to temporarily shut down, with Bitcoin price action undoing gains in the process.

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